Chile

Six of the seven Chilean students seeking asylum in England are Jewish, it was stated here by Stanley Clinton Davis, a Labor member of Parliament and himself Jewish. The plight of the students received world-wide attention after Britain’s Home Secretary Robert Carr refused them political asylum last week. While the Jewishness has no direct bearing… More ▸

A Mexico City Jewish official, just back from a visit to Chile declared here that reports in the American and foreign press about anti-Semitism or a bad situation for Jews under the present government of Chile were very exaggerated. Sergio Nudelstejer said leaders of the Jewish community in Santiago stated that there was no anti-Semitism… More ▸

The Anti-Defamation League of the B’nai B’rith reported today that it has received information that the military junta in Chile has made some positive gestures towards the Jewish community. In addition to sending identical New Year’s messages to the Representative Committee of the Jewish Community of Chile and to the Zionist Federation of Chile, the… More ▸

Dr. Jacques Zylberberg, a Belgian Jewish professor who taught sociology at the University of Concepcion in Chile while the government of Dr. Salvador Allende Gossens was in power, has been arrested and imprisoned at the Kuiri-Kuina naval base off the Chilean coast of Talcahuana, it was revealed here today by the Belgian Ambassador to Chile…. More ▸

Israel will shortly recognize the new junta in Chile, informed sources said here today. The junta has sent Israel–and presumably other countries–a formal note informing it of the change in government. Under accepted diplomatic procedure a reply to this note would mean in practice that Israel recognizes the new government. The Foreign Ministry intends to… More ▸

Jaime Faivovich, the former Mayor of Santiago and Transport Ministry Under-Secretary during the administration of Dr. Salvador Allende Gossens, is reported to have been granted asylum in the Mexican Embassy in Santiago. Faivovich was one of the most outspoken and energetic proponents of Allende’s program and was, according to a news report from Chile, one… More ▸

According to a report received here this morning a “Jewish Communist conspiracy” is being held responsible for the economic and social problems that developed while Dr. Salvador Allende Gossens was President of Chile. A letter to the editor of “El Mercurio,” one of two major daily newspapers that is being allowed to publish by the… More ▸

Mark Turkow, secretary of the Latin American Jewish Congress, reported that he telephoned Santiago this morning and was able to reach Dr. Gil Sinay, president of the Representative Committee of Chilean Jews. During their few minutes of conversation Turkow said Dr. Sinay reported that Jewish community institutions were not harmed during last week’s military coup… More ▸

The American Jewish Committee today called upon the new government of Chile to “be alert to any signs or acts of anti-Semitism” in the wake of the overthrow of the Allende government, and “to be prepared to uphold Chile’s proud record as a democratic nation by taking appropriate action against those who would attempt to… More ▸

A number of Jewish youths, less than 100, are among the 13,000 political refugees from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay who sought asylum in Chile but are now regarded as “extremists” by the Chilean military junta that overthrew the Allende regime, a well informed source here indicated today. The source said the refugees’ families fear they… More ▸